Background
Sprague, Frank Julian was born on July 25, 1857 in Milford, Connecticut, United States. Son of David Cummings and Frances Julia (King) Sprague.
Sprague, Frank Julian was born on July 25, 1857 in Milford, Connecticut, United States. Son of David Cummings and Frances Julia (King) Sprague.
Graduated from the United States Naval Academy, 1878. Doctor of Engineering, Stevens Institute, 1921. Doctor of Science, Columbia, 1922.
Doctor of Laws, University of Pennsylvania, 1924.
1 son, Frank Doctorate’Esmonde. Married second, Harriet Chapman Jones, October 11, 1899. Children—Robert Chapman, Julian King, Frances Althea.
Member of jury, Crystal Palace Exposition, London, England, 1882, and had charge of tests of dynamo-electric machines, gas engines and electric lights, as reported to Navy Department. Member Terminal Electrical Commission New York City & Hassaram Rijhumal Railroad As construction engineering South.P. Company made studies for electrification of Sierra Nevada section of that system. Fellow and past president American Institute of Elctrical Engineering, New York Electrical
Society, American Institute Consulting Engineers, Inventors’ Guild.
Married Mary Keatinge, 1885. Married second, Harriet Chapman Jones, October 11, 1899. Children: Robert Chapman, Julian King, Frances Althea.